You're on the right path. Change out the plug and drain that gas anyways. Fuel stabilizer doesn't ALWAYS work, especially if it was poor quality fuel to begin with. Don't forget to snug up all your bolts and hardware, check tire pressures, and give your cables and chain a good lube.Scottie

Is your compression weak? Sometimes sitting for a while you will lose compression from the oil leaking down and the cylinder dries out (that is why fogging oils are used for storage). If you remove the sparkplug and give a couple squirts of oil into the jug and give it a few kicks your compression will come back up. Hopefully it is something simple like that. Your gas should be fine over the winter months with a stabilizer. Turn on the petcock and push the decomp and kick it a while before you turn on the juice to the ignition.

Have you checked to see your you're getting any spark? Is the plug you pulled out wet?Pull the plug and hold against the engine and kick it over and see if it sparks. Is the plug you pulled out wet? If it sparks, that part is OK. If it doesn't, and it's wet it's probably fouled, try another plug, or just hold it in your hand and kick, and see if you feel a tingle. If that works, get a new plug. If not, how is your battery? Do you have a multimeter? If not,go buy one. Your going to need one several times in your life, so it's a good thing to have around! You can get one for under $20.00, or down to about $5 at Harbor Freight! Go for the $20.00 ones if you'd like to keep it awhile! If the battery has dropped under 11V, you probably need a new one.If the plug is wet, that's a good sign you are getting gas.Bare